IWPR Publication

The Status of Women in New Hampshire, 2004: Highlights
by Amy Caiazza, April Shaw
(November 2004)

New Hampshire reflects both the advances and limited progress achieved by women in the United States. Women in
New Hampshire and the United States as a whole are seeing important changes in their lives and in their access to
political, economic, and social rights. However, they by no means enjoy equality with men, and they still lack many
of the legal guarantees that would allow them to achieve that equality. Women in New Hampshire and the nation would benefit
from stronger enforcement of equal opportunity laws, better political representation, adequate and affordable child care, and
other policies that would help improve their status.